Shoe.



No. 888,476. PATENTED MAY 26, 1908.

J. F. DAVIS.

' SHOE. APPLICATION FILED APR.3,1907.

l/l//` TAM-5555 Y VEN 70H Be it known that I, JOHN F. Dms, a.

' cient in t UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.TOEN F. DAVIS, OF FREEPORT, MAINE.

SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May '26, 1908.

Application led April 8, 1907. Serial No. 366,101.

To all whom it may concern:

citizen of the United States, residing at Free- Elort, county of Cumberland, and State of aine, have invented ce'rtain'new and -useful Improvements in Shoes, of'lwhich the following is` a specification. f

Thisv invention relates to shoes and particularly to' the forming ofthe upper on the last prior to the application of the outer sole thereto.

. It has, beenicustom'ary heretofore to hold the edges of the upperefterit-was drawnA about the last b tacks, clamps or stitches,

but suchmetho shave either involved too' great explense or not been sufficiently eflieir work.

My present inventioncontemplates an arrangement whereby the upper ma be laced securely'over the last by a cord rawn over binding hooks which prevent an relative play between the .parts and a ord -a rapid and permanent 'arrangement for holding the shoe. j p l The particular strycture of these parts and their method of use -will be wmore fully set forth in the specification which follows and4 are shown in the accompanying` drawings which form a part thereof and -in which;

' Figure 1, shows'a plan, viewfof a'l'ast with an upper held thereon by mylfinvention Fig. 2,is a section on'the line2--3 Fig. 1 with the hooks u Fig. 3, is a similar v 'iew with the hooks epressed. Fig."4, is a planl view of a hook, and'Fig. 5,}is vafsection thereof.

1 is a last having an upper`2drawnovcn: an;

' inner sole 3 thereon.

- .4 are a series of eyelet hooks having shortv tubular Shanks 41r and inclinedL hooks 42.

The angle between the hook 42 and the top of the-shank 41 is acute enough to bind the lasting cord 5 .which is employed in lacing the uiper on the last. The hook 42 is a flat disk s ape'd member andis lust .enough smaller than the shank 41 to t therein when the l,hook is bent `down in leveling the shoe.

In operation the uppers Aare set with series of` hoo son eaeh edge, the sets being relatively staggered. The upper is then drawn about the last and tacked at toe and heel.

The operative `then takes the lasting cord 5 and laces the edges over the hooks 4 ,v drawing each turn tight before forcing it into the an le of the hook. Aa each pull acrossforces t e last turn under its hook the lacin is tightly' gripped at each hook and no p ay of the asting cord is ermitted. This assures stability of form` 1n the shoe and also prevents any cutting effect on the cord by movement on the hoo What I therefore claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a shoe, an -up er, a lacing and a plurality of hooks suitalbly spaced apart on the sole edges of said upper and adapted to -slidingly' engage said laclng during the lasting operation but capable of compression to prevent it from slipping after the shoe is lasted. 2. -In a shoe, an upper, a lacing, a 'plurality of hooks suitably spaced apart on the sole edges ofthe u per, each of said hooks comgising a tubu ar shank and a head `of less 'ameter capable of compression therein, and a lasting cord alternately engaging said hooks.-

3.v` Ina shoe an upper, a lacing, means on the sole edges of the upper adapted to slidingly engage said lacing during the lasting .operation and -capable of permanently engaging. the ,lacing and reventing it from sli ping after the shoe is asted.

" n testimony whereof, I affix my signature 95 in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F. DAVIS. .Witnessesz J. B.l RANDALL, FRED LIBBY. 

